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39 Assessment Guide for Educators: Social Studies BAppendix Social Studies Reporting Categories Reporting Category 1: Analyzing and creating text features in a social studies context Examples of skills measured in Social Studies Reporting Category 1: • Analyzing primary and secondary sources for various purposes • Identifying aspects of a historical document that reveal the author’s point of view or purpose Distinguishing between unsupported claims and those that are grounded in evidence necessary for understanding concepts in the social sciences • Determining the meaning of domain-specific words used in context Reporting Category 2: Applying social studies concepts to analysis and construction of arguments Examples of skills measured in Social Studies Reporting Category 2: • Applying social-studies-specific reasoning skills to a variety of tasks • Examining the relationships among people, environments, events, processes, and ideas and accurately describing the chronological and/or causal nature of the relationships • Comparing different ideas within social studies disciplines such as civics and economics, and examining the implications of these ideas Appendix B